Customer Profiles

Jay Ottaway

When Jay Ottaway and his wife purchased their new house, they knew they wanted to make it as energy efficient as it was beautiful. “We found a 100 year-old fixer upper.  It was in pretty bad shape, but we knew that if we made it energy efficient and if it had its own renewable energy source that would be a huge selling point in the future.”

Jay was undaunted by the renovation project: as a songwriter, music producer, husband, and father to two young children, he’s accustomed to wearing many hats.  He worked with SunBug to design a solar electric system that was in keeping with the look of the century-old home. “Part of the charm of the house is having this old New England look, and we wanted to preserve that.”  SunBug’s solution is barely visible from the street.  “You can pull in and not even notice them… most people don’t even know we have solar panels."

While Jay saw solar as a smart place to put his money, he was also motivated by his four and five year old kids. “Part of it was to make that statement – to our children and to our community - that we are concerned about the environment.  Hopefully solar is something that will catch on, and more and more people will make a change.”

Who Else is Going Solar?

People looking for control of their energy supply.

Some customers come to us frustrated with our country’s continued dependence on foreign fuel,  the electric utility’s monopoly on pricing, and an aging and at times faulty power grid.

Homeowners looking to fix their utility costs.

By generating free electricity from the sun, our customers fix their long-term electricity expense.  And, as electricity rates increase over time, they save even more every year.

Families concerned about their children’s future.

Many customers tell us they want to do reduce their carbon footprints.  They understand solar is the most practical, affordable, and realistic solution to reducing their own contribution to global warming.